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WITH A MKMOIR AND AN APPENDIX 



Behold, I have created tin- -nuth, that bloweth the iujU in tli* lire, and llul 

bringeth forth an instrument r'ui his work." Isaiah, lit, 1 6. 



SECOND EDITION, REVISED,. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the \ru iK6iy, b\ 

JOSEPH HARRISON. J « , 

In the Clerk's OhSce of the District Court or the United States fur the Kastem 
District of" Pennsylvania.* 



Urbtmlion. 



TO THEE, 

WHO HAST RFEN 

FOR MORE THAN* HALF MY I I F F 

MY TRUEST F R I K \ |>, 

MY COUNSELOR, 



MY WIKR. 



TO MY DEAR CHILDREN AND IJRANDCIIILDREX. 



I IIAVK written the verses in this little volume, entitled 
the " Ikon Woukkk and Kinci Solomon/' for your amuse- 
ment and instruction, ami to impress upon your minds 
the value of what is hut too frequently thought to Im? 
very humhle labor. The narrative fairly illustrates the 
Photograph, taken from a piettire which, as yon know, 
L value very much, ami which yfou all admire, called 
tlie "Ikon Worker,'' painted for me four or Hve years 
ago by Christian Sehuessele. The story from which the 
picture is painted will he found at page 41 of the Ap- 
pendix, in which will also be found another version of 
the story of "The Blacksmith and King Solomon/* fur- 
nished to me by my friend, Mr. Charles (J. Lchtnd, who 
wrote the verses at the close off the book. I am indebted 
to Mrs. Sarah J. Hale for a corrected copy of her beauti- 
ful poem called "Iron," printed in the Appendix. This 
poem was entirely unknown t<» me until within a few 
days. 

It has been said hv sonic one thai ihc story of the 
humblest life, if faithfully written, would prove both 

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interesting am] instructive. As mint' has hud koiiic 
unusual phases, I think it will uol l.x.k like van it} <>i 
egotism on my pari, if I repro<hiee the Memoir here. 
Tt must always hi- interesting to all who are ho neai 
to me as yourselves. 

Yours ever nrl'eetionatelv, 

Joski'H Harrison, J u. 

ttitten/toute Xy//«/r, i'hiludrlphia, (*liri«tiiiui>, 1 s • , 7 



CONTKNTS. 



The Iron Worker and King Solomon m 

Memoir 31 

The Crucifixion, by Joseph Harrison, Jr 3<> 

Append i x 41 

Remarks of Joseph Harrison, Jr., on the Mechanic Arts, at a 

public dinner given to Henry C. Carey, April 27th, i8^<y... 4} 

"Iron," a Poem, by Sarah J. Hale 4<; 

The Blacksmith and King Solomon, a Rabbinical Legend >; 

The Blacksmith, a Poem, by Charles (i. Leland ;•; 





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I 1! K IRON W O R K I. R 

PROM > Pl( II Kl r\|\l!l> ItV IMRII'IW H'Mi 

In rh — i.»n .1 ! *n li H u - i»n, |i , |»hi1 idi I 



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Adown tin* street the lllacksmith strode 

As to his home lie went ; 
His brawny chest heaved t<> ami fro. 

His brow with rage was Im*ii1 

II 

His threshold reached, he entered in. 

His wife ami child eame near. 
But heedless of their jrivetinjjx kind. 

He muttered, •• I'll lie there!" 



III. 

Ih' sat him down in sullen iiummI, 
Still clouded was his brow ; 

Mis \\ ife with anxious look breathed out 
*• There's some ureal harm, I trow ! 



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"Husband! what wouldst thou? art thou wronge«l 
That thus with glower and irloum. 

From out thy lirm-set eleiiehod teeth. 
Thy thought* in auger mine? 



"Tell me I pray thee. Calm iiiv lean*. 

As I thy meal prepare; 
Speak! break my deep solicitude." 

He muttered, "I'll be there!" 

VI. 

"Where wouldst thou be my husband, siiy 
What is 't that moves thee w>? 

Is 't aught that I can aid thee in? 
What wouldst thou have me do! 

\ II 

"Thou imswerest not. art moody yet; 

l/ntouehed the meal I've laid; 
And knotted is thy forehead still ; 

In sooth I'm sore afraid 



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"Thai soi ik' imtou an| .|i , mj >( |, ,,,,., 
Hath eaused (hec ureal tlisimn 

Oli. speak, inv hushaml, leli me all. 
Ami ilrive my fears aw i s 

IX 
Sadly his eyes were lifted up, 

Sailh his speech hcjan. 

Ami all attent. his «rooil-\vife heard. 

As thus his storv ran : 



"Dost thou not know that our Ureal Kim 
Timiioitow opens \\ iile. 

The portals of the Temple rare. 
His «rlorv ami his pride*. 1 



-The (iKi:.\T .h uo\ mi s\ illed it nil. 
Ami nausrlit remains, I ween. 

Save it- solemn i *eeralion. 

Which eomes al mornim: s sheen 



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" 1 fast thou not heard \\ ho, ii 
Arc honored !i\ the |\ 

Sll It! UK Mini ill full iliM'J mi. 
To (lie <;i(Ti'i| n|M'|lill 



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••Of the nohlest Sanctuary 

KVr made h\ hiniian hands, 

A^ now in (inisiird exeellem 'e, 
I>c (ore tlu' world it -lands.' 

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XIV 

-The Architect, the Carpenter, 
All ciinniiiLi in tlifir art. 

Surveyor, Mason, |)rauiiht>tuan, too. 
Are each to lake a part. 



'•And though \vc hail the \vim«>| Kin: 
That eves have e\ er s< en. 

The wit of w orld-w i>e Solomon 
Is now at fault. I \ • en. 



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-At fault in luiviiij' sliyhkMl n,. . 

'Moilgst those win, i|;<] |||,.; r |„.| 
To rear this peerless w«Mitk*r-\vt>i k, 

To fill tin- Kin-'s behest. 

XVII 

" Tw;is I. tho now negleetetl Smith, 

In LLiimv suit hedi-jht. 
Who fashioned curious IxsTIUMKVis, 

To build this Kane ai iuli t . — -- 

Will. 

'•Without which, those who now ;iiv place* 

Abovt 1 me — mu<1 apart. 
All helpless would have found themselves, 

Merc children in their nrt. 



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'•From lirst to last, at morn and uitflit, 
licsidc them I've been mvii. 

And lackinir im\ tin. I what 1 *<' made. 
This Tniinlc ne\ r had b< 



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rhey my mat I ne'er carved in Stone, 
Gold, — Silver, — Bronze, ne'er wrought, 
Nor in ado rare things in Cedar wood, 
From Mount Libanus brought, 

XXI. 

u That all I've done, is humble work, 

Mere labor of the hand. 
Nor Mind nor Science needed. It 

No honor can demand. 

XXII. 

'•And that I am unworthy deemed 

To aid in what's to be. 
In all things I too humble seem, 

For this great pageantry. 

XXIII 

"I tell thee. Art-proud Architect, 

I tell thee, Carpenter, 
I tell ye all, ye craft-proud men, 

Unbidden, I'll be their!" 



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Tl. morrow's' sim eame glinting o'er 

Tower, obelisk, and plain, 
Came with the sua vast multitude;* 

To view the hallowed Kane. 

XXV 

And Salem's streets were lull that morn; 

To see the fair array, 

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As onward to the Temple gates 
It bent its glittering way. , 

XXVI. 

The doors were opened, entered then 

The King, with heralds bright. 
With guards, with all that showed his |x>wei\ 

In gaudiest hues bedight. 

XXVII 

Came Priests in Holy vestments clad, 

With Saered Ark upborne. 
While fragrant incense curled around. 

In the pure breeze of morn. 



is ////•: ih'os woukki: 

9 XXVIII. 

Came Beauty, ringing as she went. 
To harps that filled the air 

With sweetest music, — and more haul. 
The trumpets' distant hlare. 

XXIX 

In sooth 'twas glorious to behold, 
Such pageant neVr had been. 

And since that hour, in all the world 
Its like has not been seen. 

XXX. 

Through lofty halls, in splendor decked 
With cedar and with gold. 

O'er polished tloors, down marble aisles. 
Their onward way they bold, 

XXXI 

The dais is reached, where now the King 

His regal seat would take, 
From whence, in well-api>ointed phraae, 

His roval speech would make. 



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The curtain raised, strange sight is neeii, 

For next the ehiefeHt scat. 
Sits, in clefiunt attitude. 

A figure all unmeet. 

XXXIII. 

His head is hare, his brow is grimed, 

Pare are his anus and chest; 
A leathern garment hides his limbs, 

His hand on hammer rests. 

XXX IV. 

"Whence came this hind?" "What doth he there 

Was passed from man to man; 
With threatening looks, with Hashing steel, 

The guards lull ;»t him ran. 

XXXV 

'•Tear down the caitiff!" "Rend him se 

Sure he no mercy needs!" 
Still there he sits, in conscious pride. 
Nor sword nor clamor heeds. 



THE III OS WOltKKH 

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*• Hold T cries the King; " nor do him ill. 

Mayhap be can explain 
Why thus he comes unbidden here 

Amidst in. glittering train. 

XXXVII 

-Speak freely, man, heed not my power. 

Full justice thou shalt share, 
If thou canst show in very truth 

Why thou art sitting there/' 

XXXVII 1 
-All hail! Great King, forever live!" 

Thus spake the intruding guest; 
* 4 llcar me, hear thy servant's words, 

Then urge thy high behest. 

XXXIX 

*'I do not sit unbidden here, 

1 came hut at thy call; 
Though not amongst the honored ones, 

1 m not the least of all. 



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"Didst not, () Kinir, ask liere to-djiy. 

All those who most have done 

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Thi.s marvelous work that round us -low 
In this bright morning*** sun? 

XU. 

"Hast; thou not asked the Architect, 

Stirvovor, Mason, those 
I /nder whose skillful, cunning aits 

Tins wondrous Temple lose, 

XML 

"The world doth hail thee wisest Kimi 

That eyes have ever seen, 
Yet the wit of mighty Solomon 

May hi* at fault, 1 ween. 



XLIII. 

" For thou hast overlooked the Smith, 

Whose ever-needed skill. 
In modest labor aided most 

Thy royal wish to (ill. 



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"Ask those' who stand round thee to-day, 

Abdve me, placed apart. 
If they all helpless had not Ixjen 

But for my curious art, 

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"To thee 1 turn, proud Architect; 

Canst thou my words gainsay.' 
1 speak to all ye craft-proud men, 

Come, answer as ye may. 

XLV-I. 

"Ye know that I, from first to last, 

Your surest aid have been ; 
Lacking mv Ikon Instruments, 

This Temple none had seen. 

XI, VI I. 

" 1 wait reply." — With eagle glance, 

The Blacksmith looked around, 
His rivals in the Kings regard, 
Their eves fixed on the ground. 



XI. \ III. 

Nor uttered wont ''What! no rt*|>oti*<i 
(Great King. () live for e'er! 

Have I not shown in very truth 
Why I am sitting here''" 

XLLX 

King Solomon a lesson read, 

And for a moment mused. 
Spake to the Smith in kindly word, 

"Thou hast been much abused, 

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"' Stay where thou art a moment: let 
All those who thee contemn. 

Receive with me thv just rebuke: 
Thou art the best of them. 

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-Then haste to s^et thee clean uttire, 

Then haste to make thee neat ; 
For at the royal feast to-day, 

Thou'lt (ill iii«' ri-ht-hand seat." 



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The Smith a brief space sal erect, 
Then o'er his shouKU'i' threw 

His faithful hammer. .lustilU*«L 
lie quietly withdrew. 

I. ill 

The people shout; King Solomon 

His royal speech did end; 
The Templea consecration o'er. 

The throng Jill homeward wend. 

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Adown the street the Blacksmith goes, 
J low changed from yesterdaj ! 

No more in sullen mood doth he 
Pursue hi.-, onward way. 

His threshold reached, he enters in, 
Not now with brow of rare. 

But with exulting voice exclaims. 
.. I told thee Id he there'/* 



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His wife in mute tfniaaemonl clin»s 
Close to his sidr the wliik 1 ; 

His little boy look- up in fear. 
And meets hid fathers stuiK*. 

LVII 

' ; Greet me, yv loved ones, greet me well. 

Join me in glad acclaim, 
The Blacksmith how has justice won! 

He'll ne'er he scorned again ! 

I, VIII. 

"(let me, good wife, mv liest attire. 

Help me to make me neat ; 
I D1XE with our great King to-day, 

I lill the honored scat/' 



I. IX 

Then spake the wile: "I feared this mom 

That thy determined will. 
Might lead thee to assert ihv right, 

And briiiis tin e liiievous ill. 



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•• [, to the Temple trembling went. 
And saw thee sitting proud ; 

I saw the naked steel dram out, 
1 heard the tumult loud. 

LXI. 

"But ere our Monarch interposed, 
To stay the impending blow, 

I, to the earth in terror fell, 
And nothing more did know 

LX1I. 

-Till at our humble roof once more, 
I waked to conscious thought, 

And met the smiles of kindly friends, 
Who homeward me had brought. 

LX11I. 

"But thou art saved, art honored, too; 

Let all our thanks ascend 
To Him, who stands our sure firm rink, 

Our ever-constant friend ! 



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The wisdom of King Solomon. 

Is still our highest praise; 
The Blacksmith has his lull rt . wan 

As in the ane.ient ilavs. 



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MEMOIR 



M KMoiK. 



[Reprinted frum llitln.i.'* n^,,, 



'} ,,! Um i ioan Muuulucfui-i -. I *ii 



Joseph Harrison, Jr., whose successful enterprise a: 
home and abroad lias made his name a familiar one to 
the manufacturers of two continents, was horn in tin* 
district of the Northern Liherties, now a purl of the 
Consolidated City of Philadelphia, on Septemher 20th, 
1*10;* and at tin* age of fifteen was indentured an 
apprentice to tin- art of machine-making— a trade that 
he had himself selected. A foreman at twenty in tin- 
shop in which he had served his time, he commenced 
life at twenty-one with a fair knowledge of his craft, 
eorreet industrious habits, hut with little chance, appar- 
ently, or expectation of special preferment, except in 
the usual routine of his calling. 

Employed in several prominent machine shops of that 
day, and as foreman for Messrs. (J arret! and Kastwick, he 
in 18^7 became associated in partnership with these gen- 
tlemen in the manufacture of locomotive engines. This 
firm, soon changed to Eastwick and Harrison, were the 
originators of several important improvements, that have 



•■'•'riii- )imw»4' in w liiih tin- ~nl 'jrt t .•!' clii — nit im.ir w i- t ■• • i 1 1 . t>\ I, till 

t.. |H:S1, i»ii X«»»»li' Mr-rt n«>ur tin- \. VV. rorihT ••!' KrniU »tn**t. It 
\v.i~ htiilt iiiil.ii.-r hi 17-VJ. 

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contributed to the present perfection of llit> American 
locomotive. In their hands the eight-wheel online, with 
four driving mid four truck wheels, was first brought 
into a practicable! wh peY It in now almost exclusively 
used iu this country for passenger trains, and i* obtain- 
ing a suit and steady reputation in Europe. The 
present modes of equalizing the weight on the driving 
wheels, indispensable to this engine, were patented by 
Joseph Harrison, Jr., the subject of this notice, in 18#9, 
and are now applied by all the manufacturers of loco- 
motive engines in this country. 

In 1841 a locomotive called the ^ffotnw <uul M<tr.r" 
weighing 1 mi t little over eleven tons, was designed and 
built by this Hrm for the Philadelphia and Reading 
liailroad. 

The performance of this engine in drawing urn hun- 
tlrtil <uhI <>//c loaded coal-ears over that road, attracted 
great attention at the time, as being without a parallel 
in the history of railroad transportation. Locomotive*, 
designed and built by Kastwiek and Harrison for the 
Beaver Meadow, Hazleton and Sugar Loaf Railroads, 
burned anthracite coal successfully a* early as 1 S:J."» and 
183t>, and in a regular freight business over these road*, 
surmounted higher grades than had vxrv been practically 
overcome in this country or, in Kurope. 

In 1840, Colonel Melnikoti' and Colonel Kraft, two 
eminent engineers, were sent to this country by the Ru>- 
sian Government to examine and report upon the Amer- 
ican Railway System, with a view to its adoption in that 
Empire. The reputation already acquired U\ the linn 



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of Kastwiek an, I Harrison aUrai-ted lMr Illtl . lll5-Ilu tt|M , 
in(l,, ^< 1 ' t,,rM ' ^'"tlcnicn on il.tii ,-,,„,,, hl \i u „\ u ln 
I*™!*** ■'•'«« Mr. Harrison should |... M . nl ,,„• ln i||m|i ,, 
take the construction of'thc locomotives ami it.IIii.tr 
stork for the St. lYtcrsburgaml Mo mw |{ s r,| wav , a road 
more than four hundred miles I,.,,-. ;),,.,, ;| |„ )UI | M . m „ 
commenced under (lie direetion of an eminent Anuri- 
can, Major George \\\ Whistler, who hail been calli'd hi 
Russia in 1842 as Consulting Engineer of the Uailway 
Department of the Russian Government. 

In the spring of 184:5 Mr. Harrison embarked for 
Europe, and in December of that year, he, in associa- 
tion with his partner in Philadelphia, Mr, Kastwick, and 
Mr. Thomas Winans, of Baltimore, concluded a contra el 
with the Russian Government, amounting t<» three mil- 
lions of dollars, the work to he completed in fiye years. 
It was a condition that this work was all t<> he done at 
St. Petersburg, by Russian workmen, qr such as could Ik? 
found on the spot. 

With workmen entirely unacquainted with the work 
to he done, and without knowing the language or (lit* 
peculiar manner of doing business in a foreign land, 
Messrs. Harrison, Winans and Kastwick, the new firm 
established at St. Petersburg, scl about the difficult, und 
to almost every one hut themselves, the impossible task 
of complying with the terms of their contract, 

Commencing their business in the straightforward 
manner they had pursued at home, ihey asked only not 
to be hindered, and so well wire their plans ur ranged 
and carried out, that all the work contracted for was 



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completed to the entire satisfaction of the Kmwiaii Gov- 
ernment, and paid fur, in,,,,. than onc V( . ur i K . lolv lh0 
terms of the contract Iiad expiree!. 

During the progress >\ this work, otlier orders, reaeh- 
ing to nearly two milliotiri of dollar*, were added to the 
original amount, including (lie completion of the great 
Cast Iron Bridge over the River Neva, at St. Peters- 
burg, the largest and most costly Mrneture of the 1 
in the world. To complete ihis structu re, another yea 
was added to the original term of the first contract 

Before the close of the first term, a second contract 
was made lor a further period of twelve years, for main- 
taining in running order, the rolling stock of the St. 
Petersburg and Moscow Railway. The partiei to this 
contract being Joseph Harrison, ,h. f Thomas Winans, 
and William L. Win. us. This second contract was car- 
ried on, and finished to the satisfaction of both parties in 
180*2. During the year just mentioned, a contract was 
made with a French company for maintaining the rolling 
stock of the St. Petersburg and Moscow Hailway. 

This company commenced their work with the ma- 
chinery in such perfect order, as was not perhaps to he 
found on any railway of similar length in the world. 
From this perfection, with all the workshops, tools, and 
otlier arrangements ready to their hands, which their pre- 
decessors had been twelve years in bringing to complete- 
ness, the rolling Mock was so much run down in three 
years, as to compel an abrupt termination of the French 
company's contract by the government. A new contract 
was made in lNt)"> with Mr. Thomas Winutis ami Mr. 



i/ /•: i/ " 1 1: :•., 

\\ illiam L. Wiuans, who w ■ w then in Kuiope, f«»r anoth< r 
form of eighi > ears. 

It will thus be seen tlmi Aineriean n*]»iit«if i«»n in mil- 
way meehanieal engineering, first begun in l*liilu«l«*l|»liui, 

by Mr. Harrison and his partner, in llteir in:< ivourw 
with Colonel Melhikoff and I'olmiel Kraft, in |Slo, ha* 
since maintain* <l itself in Uussia Uifainsl all comers, und 
has now no competitor. 

In 1847, the Emperor Xieholas, aeenmpnnied l»v bin 
second son the Grand Duke Constantine, I'rinec l*aske- 
witch, Viceroy of Poland, with all tlie high nlneer* 
of the Russian Government, visited the Alexandroffsky 
Head Mechanical AVorks of the St. IN tershurg and Mos« 
eow Railway, where the work for the road wan being 
done. 

Alter spending many hours in a minute examination 
of the establishment in every part, the (Cmperor offering 
liis hand at parting to the American contractor*, and 
thanking them, expressed the greatest satisfaction at 
what had been shown and explained to him. As an 
additional mark of his approval, his Majesty sent to each 
of our countrymen engaged in the firm, most beautiful 
rinirs, set with diamonds, of a present value of not less 
than three thousand dollars each. 

On the occasion of the opening of the Neva Bridge, in 
the autumn of 1850, then just completed, the Emperor 
^Nicholas, as a further mark oi esteem, bestowed upon 
Mr. Harrison the ribbon of the Order of Si. Anne, with 
a massive gold medal attached thereto. On the superior 
side of the medal is a portn.it of his Majesty, the re- 



vt-rso side having the motto, in the Ivussian language, 
"For Zeal." 

In 1852 Mr. Harrison returned to Philadelphia, and 
set about employing the means that hail rewarded hi* 
enterprise abroad, for tlic adornment of his native city. 
lie erected numerous and costly huildiiijr*. some with 
Original features, not heretofore Keen in this country; and 
established the most extensive, and probably the Brat 
private gallery of Art in Philadelphia. 

Though twelve years of the last twenty of hi* life have 
been spent abroad, it is evidt that he has not lost 
atfeetion for the place of his birth, or forgotten the duties 
of a public-spirited citizen. 

Early in bis engineering life, Mr. Harrison's attention 
was directed to the means of improving steam genera- 
tion, more particularly with a view of making this pow- 
erful agent less dangerous, and less liable to explosion. 
The result of his efforts ill this direction is now before 
the public in bis most original 4 * Harrison Steam Boiler, " 
now largely coming into use. The first boiler made on 
this improved principle was put in operation at Messrs. 
William Sellers & (\vs works in 1859, and supplied 
Steam for their entire establishment for several months 
in the summer of that year. 

Mr. Harrison's first patent for the Harrison Boiler is 
dated October 4th, 1859, though improvements on the 
original idea have since been the subject of several 
patents in this country and in Europe. 

At the International Exhibition, held in London in 



l^iii, tliu highest class medal was it\vat\l«*i] t<> 1 1 1 1 s hoilcr, 
tf/br originality i>i tlestyn and </> nxr<il ni>,',t." 

Mr. Harrison is now pur>uin L witli tin* y.csil ami per- 
severance of his earlier life, the highly important olijfH 
of making steam generation safe from its present ile- 
structiveness t<> life ami j » i • * » j » < • 1 • i \ . \\v \* aiming at a 
complete revolution in tlie form and material of tin- 
present system. Success will place him anion*: the 
benefactors of our rare. 



PllK (MM'CIKIXION 

Wrilti-ii in .1 ).nA) 

\,\ .MSKl'll II A UKl-"N. J l« 



What means yon sad proce>Hoii onward wfinlifi^ 
Willi measured tread, up Calvary's Mountain rdd- 

What mean those va>l a»etnbled hu>ls attending : 
Thousands on thousands swell tin- living lidc 

Amidst moves »ni> whoso far*- with love is beamim* ? 

Bowed i" the earth, a heavy eross he Uars. 
See! o'er Ins brow the sanguine II*.. <1 is streaming! 

Pierced are his temples with the crown he wear*, 



•is our loved Saviour tiny are upward leading: 
To (irnll , ,hey boar him on, with ruthless hands; 
ir; ,rt for sinners bhvdinjr, 



Fainting and worn, his I 
Now on tin' summit, 



IMr k and l<>\\ he >tand*. 



T„ the dread cross his hands and fed (hevVe i»aU»i»! 

ri,mnrmurin.ir, unresisting see I." yields; 
,V|| lir e rele.tth^s. ..one his late U-wailiiiif. 

Save .I,. -hI ^rroup that in ihe distance kuoeU 

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Mir cross ,, raisnl, i- li.\e<| ; ;,n.l imw, toward Heaven. 

The Saviour's voire i> |„ .. M |. plaintive uiul low: 
'• Father, <> Kathef ! he \h\ pardon given! 

Forgive! forgive! the) know imt whai lhet do." 

A £11 in he speaks; In 'in' his deep ueeent-« hrea thing: 
"Tis finished; nil on earth i> done," lie criex. 

lie l»o\va his head; his spirit now i> leaving 
Iii« i>n rtlily tenement, lie die* ! In* die* ! 

All nature mourns ; the sun, hi- ray* withholding, 
Spreads gloom around: the Temple's vail is runt \ 

The dcud arise, their cerements unfolding, 

Stricken with fear, the throng in terror went. 

Man, cruel man, how eotildst thou, in thy bliiidociM*, 

Thus vainly strive to thwart thy coming good? 
How colli dst thou thus repay his every kindliest* , 
Ami deeply live thy hands ill prceiou* blood? 



Oh! why was this tremendous det I permitted ! 

Why was thy hand, liod, uplifted still? 
Twa* tlii>: hv il were all our nliw remitted; 

'Twas dune, nhedtelit to Jehovah's will 



APPENDIX 



HRMAHKS OF JOSEPH IIAKKISOX, .11!.. 

the TM Purr, //„„«, WW,/,,/,/,,, j,,,,/ .j;//,' ,s- :) . 

" |,(l ' <■'-' ili-r KiM-n na.-h-,,, i„ ... 
"" wollt.. K.um. Kmvlu... 
'"■'"" Km». .m >..Im|. S,.|,H,. r .|| u.,.| K,m,.„, 
Ifc'iii Mann iti <=.;,,<• l: . . i, ( . ..•■ 

A. Mt 1 in i nm i . 

" Tl "' '-""I. wl ...I,- litir.l Kron< 

Xi«Vr iriKhifl tu .-c „ v| ilN( . . 

Ami, llit-n fori', -|„:u .ui.i I. ml. I.e.), i nu . 

Tn 111:111'.. ritflll | U l».| lir ({»*«•." 

[n attempting in suy u fe« words on ihe Mechanic Arts, 
1 nin sure yon will rim] the task in unworthy, if noi in v< 
prejudiced hands. 



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Webster delinks •• Mechanic " to 1 >* - * - .-* person whose occur 
pation is to construe! machines, or iron-Is, wares, furniture, 
and the liko." And the "mechanic arts/ 1 he says, "ore those 
in which the hands an* more concerned than the iiiiml, as in 
making clothes and itielisils." Perhaps im single Word in ,,ur 
language embraces a wider Held than \\w one fir?*! named, 
while the latter definition hardly doe* justice lo the term 
" Mechanic Arts." I think I am rijrhl in inferring that tin- 
veneralde lexicographer was imt a meehanie. 

Tile Great Jehovah him>elf was the lir-t. the Ureal 
Mechanic ; ami when i»ur lirsl parent was i*«»iii|m*I|«hI i" earn 

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his bread in the "sweat of hi.- face," a* stern a uuee»*ity 
compelled hiii! it turn mechanic, and In; thcivhx became the 
first human promote* of lh« mechanic arts. Adam could noi 
till the ground with hi* bar*- hand*, and we can imaging 
him pointing u stick again*! ihc roughened surface »l » 
stone, ami thus, by mechanical means, making 11ms Arsl rude 
instrument to aid him in bin new vocation. 

The first altars reared for sucrificu required some mechani- 
cal -kill to* give them form and atabilin ; and an- we no! 
told of Tubal Cain, "that he wa> mi iuatructor of evtry 
artificer in hrass and iron"'!' Noah was an eminent mechanic, 
and promoter of the meehaiiic arts, as were also thoec who 
planned and built the Taliernaclc with its holy eoutcuU. 
World-wise Solomon swells the list, with Hiram of Tvrc. 
and all those who so cunningly worked in iron and in bra**, 
in gold and in silver, and in cedar wood, on the nolle* mid 

grandest of teni|des. 

Thus, from the fall of nan to the present hour, the 
•Mechanic" and the " Mechanic Arts " have been minister- 
ing to our comfort, our conveniences, and to our Intelligence 
in every walk of life, and will thus gu on ministering to the 

end. 

That (tlorlou* metal, lR<»'. mo* ■«* '"' *» * ri ' at "■"*! 
for promoting ll* m*uk •«*• I™ '« "'" ,r "" H " 
,„,,„!_„ ,,„..„! «. IntafWoVrtl with lh« »»„.* of life, MhI our 
mv enjoyimmta, thut to .10 without i. Would Ik- to Wl«l«« 
j nU , barhari-,,, T.k« «w»v H<< a,,l lilvcr, ••!.) th.- who* 
„,.,,„. ,.,' I r n...t«lH. lenvina n* Iron. I »«• would hurdly 



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triiss them. Take away limx. ..ml u, |os»« i,. \i |,, hi.-. U ii<l 

that which sustain* lift*, tin? «rrCatesl I t Im A ltui*f lit y Iuh 

bestowed upon man 

I need not take up (In- time nf thi.« company In r»*f« rriiijr 
to tin* uses of iron, or how much <"ir necessities u\\T com- 
forts, and our enjoyments A y v i|«*]M k ii<I«*n1 upon it* n-< •-. 
whether in out-dour laW, in t Im- home circle, the manufac- 
tory, the hall of science, or tin- lid. I of art, hut I will -;i\ ;i 
word touching the importance of the worker in iron. 

I remember reading u ston In mv eurlv Im»vIi I. that 

impre>sed itself so stronjrly upon my mind that I have m-\<r 
forgotten it. I wish I could find il now. I il«» iml remem- 
ber the exact words, but the matter ran somewhat in thi- 
wise : 

When Kimj Solomon hod finished the Temple, and hneintj 

set OtHirt a 'I'"/ tor /7s mnseirntion , he incited fn tin , , ii - 
1UQ4) if nil the ifreat mt'i) of tin' lintfdom, /'"/' line With the 
Architect, the Snrrci/or, tin' Chief Cnrjienti i\ tin 1'hicf Masm,. 
and others wlm had been emjatjed in plan mini ami direvhntj 
the work. 

The east edifice, rested with cloned dtmr* mraitimj tin 
arrival of the Kimj. He earn*' nl tcmjth, the dimr* wen 
opened, and to the sound of tahrct, hue/,, r salh-ra. and 
trumpet, the solemn and imposing pnweitsion entered tin 
honse then to he dedicated In /he Worship of the tiring <»•<•/ 

J>- (he Kimj moecd toward the sent r n r aer,t for him t 
to the amazement of nil. a stalwart Smith tfffn * " >>""»J 
nn the riuht-hand scat nearest tin- throne. 



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Hammer in hand, i»are-armed and ,,, ml .,;•</. with remJring 
sweat upon his h/-<>ii\ showing'him fresh (rum the forge, h>- 
siff>\ nothing daunted hy /!,,■ near upprotich of Majesty. .1 
move me it wan made /<> remon the /«</,/ intruder, tfottf' 
fried the King, and thus he spalu ?>> i'<< Smith: Friend, 
win/ art thou here ill liny a place intended '<</• one better 
than Hum! Mighty King. <>'. lire, forever, rejdieti the 
Shu'/ It : I <tun no Superior here, save i/<>ur ftoyal Majesty, 
mill / //// thi* place, as by right il is mine, ami as I will 
presently show if thou wilt graciously permit me. )<>ur 
Jfajrsh/ hath invited here to-day the Chief Architect, the 
Surveyor, the Chief Mason, ami man;/ others aim hate 
labored herein; InU thou hast over faded the sodhonghi 
humble Smith, t<> whom all these who hare tn-i'n honored 
with a jilare at tin's ceremony are indebted. 

Without (he Instrument* that I had prepared for them, 
i the Chief Arehiteei make his plans, tin Surveyor his 
lines? Could the Mason carve his stone, or the Carpenter 
fashion his wood ! 

The very fiest stroke in the construction of this great 

edifice was made by the Smith, and from the beginning Unto 
(he end, lie has heen by the side of th><se who have built this 
Work, aiding them with his art. in making Instruments ntth- 
ont which this Temple could not hare In en reared. 

Solomon mused for a moment, and Hon said: u Friend, 
thou speuLcst hut too trilly. Mmh is indeed due to thee, 
and thou shouldst not Uaee heen ne,,lertcd. Stu>f where 
thou art, and let those who would huee spurned thee from 



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thy )>hl<r hrl with ////' //,,,,/,/ r.l.ul, //,,,„ /,,/>' L.h 

'! jilt 11 '/>'." 

It i* oven now as in the days <»i Km- Solomon: the 
Worker in Iron — whether in producing ii IVmii l lit- >rc, n~ 
handicraftsman, or 'our w li\i plans ami devices new ami 

useful ways of applying iron fur intiitV comfort uml Unelit 

i>, and must ever be, I lie inn- promoter nl the Mcchtiuic 
Arts, the benefactor of our race lie Ion fitting down, 1 
would say u won I regarding u branch of the Mechanic 
Arts which is not siillieicnilv known ami tippn'c'uitcd, « xcept 
■by the few who eome in iiniiit*iHiitc rontaet wild it. Thirty- 
feve year.- ago (I speak from my own personal knowledge), 
hammer, chisel, and file, hand-lathe, drill-brace, and -<r»w- 
stoek were almost the only instruments used in working iron, 
after it came from tin- foundry and forge. Now, machine* 
are. made to fashion iron into almost every rurui hy other 
than man's power and skill — manual and even mental t"il 
being in a great degree sit|»civedcd hy ilie«e machines. 

Karl) workman now th»es fully tin- work of live, a- com- 
pared with thirty-five years ago, and with Mich accuracy as 
never was attained by tin* liaml worker. 

To l»c proficient in the use of litem 1 machines tlocs not re- 
quire the old-fashioned seven year*' apprenticeship, a- intelli- 
gent men. whether brought up to mcchaiiicttl trad.- or not, 
soon acquire prolieieite) in their um\ 

Without these improvements, in working uml fashioning 
iron, tin- \a>t dcmaiid which lias fining up within tin' ln*l 
thirtv venrs in even >hnpc uml form, IV-. m tin- nttiiitiiiotli 



steamship to ihc tiny sowing machine, could not haw been 
supplied. Skilled workmen in the bra lichen of .-team ma- 
chinery ulone, could not have lieon raised up far-t enough to 
00 one-quarter of what ha* 'nm done in the development 
of t h«» railroad, steam navigation, ami the thousand other ob- 
jects in which steam is now used, All these great results 
have been pecured almost entirely by the use uf that ni«»>t 
noble metal, iron. 

Our city has long been celebrated by its hu| tenor products 
in iron — in our locomotive, marine, and stationary engine*, 
in railway wheels, architectural casting**, ami the like; but 
it is not so well known that we have ill our midst the 
very best establishments in the country for making engineer* 1 
tools, or rather machines lor working iron. I say the best in 
this country. I do not fear to say that the tool* made hen 
are equal to the very best made in any. country. Ill no place 
have greater improvement* been made than hen', in this im- 
portant branch of the mechanic arts. 

Asa proof of this, our worksbo|t* are sending their work 
throughout the length of this great land, und are even at 
this moment executing large ordelH for countries far beyond 
the sea. I thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, fur your 
attention, and will not trespass further upon your time. Iron 
has been mainly my theme, than which, connected with the 
mechanic arts. I know no nobler 0M*. Heaven forbid that I 
should ever bow down to an idol. When 1 do *o, it shall be 
made of luo.v 



I RON. 

U V M K* II A I. K. 

"Truth nhall uprinjj nut -.i i|„. K»rth."— 1»». Ixxsv. I I. 

As in lonely thought I pondered 

On the marv'loua things of oarth, 
And. in fancy's dream ug, wondered 

At their beauty, power, ami worth, 
Came, like wends of prayer, the fueling — 

Oh! that God would make me know, 
Through the Spirit's clear revealing — 

What, of all His work below. 
Is to man a boon the greatest, 

Brightening on from age to age. 
Serving truest, earliest. Intent, 

Through the world's long pilgrimage. 

Soon vast mountains rose before me, 

Shaggy, desolate, and lone, 
Their war red head* were threatening n>r me. 

Their durk tdiadoWM ronnd ok- thrown: 

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Then n Ytnof from out the mountain*, 
As an earthquake -li«"-k iho ground, 
And like frightened i..\\ \\< the fountain-, 

LcilJUII^. H«'d iM-lnlr tin- sound ; 

Ami the Xnak oaks bowed lowlj . 

Quivering, as|M n-like, wit li fear,— 
While the deep response panic slowly, 

Or it must have crushed mine ear — 

••Iron! Iron ! Iron!"— emailing 

Like the battle-axe and shield; 
Or the awonl on helmet clashing 

Through a bloody battle-field! 
"Iron! Iron! Iron !"— rolling 

Like the far-off cannon's boom; 
Or the death-knell slowly tolling 

Through a dungeon's enamel -loom ! 
•Iron! Iron! Iron 1"— awlnglng 

As the summer breexes piny; 
Or us hells of Time were ringing 

In the bleat Millennial Day! 

Then the eloudfl of ancient fable 

Cleared away lieforc mine eye*; 
Faith could find a to >ting stable 

O'er the gulf of mysteries! 

Words the prontiel bards had altered, 
Sign* the oracle* foretold, 



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K)>ells the weird-like Siliyl muttered 

Through the lwih>hl ,| a \. ,,|- n |,| 

Rightly read, oVucatli ih«. splendor 
Shining now mi hi.ston V page. 

All their faithful witness reml 
All portend ii i.cit.T ng«< 

Sisyphus, forever l oiling, 

Was the type uf toiling mm ii . 
While the stone of |>owcr, recoiling, 

I died them hack to earth again 
Stern I'romcthcus, hountl and hlecdiioj 

Imaged man in mental chain. 
While the vultures, on him feeding, 

Wen- the passions 1 vengeful reign : 
Still a ray of mercy tarried* 

On the cloud, a white-winged ilove 
For this mystic faith had married 

Vulcan to the Queen of Ian e ! 



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Rugged strength and radiant hcautt — 

These were one in Na!ui»-'> plan: 
Humble t«»il and Heavenward duty — 

These will form the jicrfcet man; — 
Ihirkly was this doctrine taught us 

Uv the gods of heathendom, 
Uut the living light was brought us 

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How the gloriollri ehnitg**, • \|m'cI«m1, 

Could he WrOUJfllt, w ;i — then Made five 

Of the earthly, when |h rfeeted, 
Rugged Iron I*. >rni- flu- ki\! 

" Truth from uu! tin- rani; -hall flour'n 

Thin the Word of God iuak<\- known — 
Thence are harvests men i<» nourish — 

There let Iron'.- power •><• abowu. 
Of tl^e swords, from slaughter gory, 

Ploughshares forge t<> break the soil; 
Then will Mind attain its glory, 

Then will Labor reap the spoil, — 
Krror cease the soul to wilder, 

Crime he checked by wimple good, 
As the little coral builder 

Forces back the furious Hood 

While our faith in good grows stroiigvr. 
Means of greater good increase; 

Iron, slave of War no longer, 

Leads the onward march of Peace; 
Still new modes of servhv finding. 

Ocean, earth, ami air it moves. 
Ami the distant nations binding, 

Like the kindred tie it proven ; 
With its Atlas-shoulder sharing 

Loads of human toil and cure ; 



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On its iving 1>f |j u ,| lflllni _ r i,,..,,.;,,,, 

Th »".rl.f> Mvifi misosioi, ibruiiirli I In- uir 



As the river*, farthest How in-. 

hi. the highest ||jl| s | mVr l.j,.,], . 

A> ilu> banyan, broadest p>ro\viii«r. 

Oftonest l>o\v> its bead to earth.— 
So the nu>htie*l miii.N \trvsH iiiiwnnl, 

Channel* free of froml to traee; 
Si> the holiest heart* IhmhI downward, 

Circling all the human ran*: 
Tims by Iron's uii] pursuing 

Through the earth their plans of !«%•«•, 
Men our Father's will aire doing 

JI<T<\ as aillfcltf tin ulx.vr. 



THE BI/AC KSM I T II 



K I N(i so LOM ON 



A HAHIIIMCAI, LKUKNIt. 



Ani> it came to pass when Solomon, the son of David, 
had finished the Temple of Jerusalem, thai he called onto 
him the chief architects, the head artificer*, and cunning men 
Working in silver and gold, and in wood, and in ivory and 
stone, — yea, all who aided in working on the Tempi.' of tin- 
Lord, and lie said to them: 

Sit ye down at my table, for I have prepared a feast for 
all my chief workers and artificers. Stretch forth your hands, 
therefore, and oat and drink and be merry. U not the 
laborer worthy of bis hirer Is not the skillful artificer 
deserving of honor? Muzzle not the OX that tivadeth out 

the com. 

Ami when Solomon and the chief workmen *ere sealed, 
and the fatness of the land and the oil thereof were upon 
the table, there came one who knocked loudly upon the door, 
and forced himself even into the festal chamber. Then Solo- 
noil the King was wroth, and said: What manner of man 
art thou? 



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And the man answered and snicl : When inm wish In 
honor me, they call me Son of the Forge, bin u hen iIhm 
desire to mock /me, th*) rail iue Mai ksmith ; and seeing thai 
the toil of working in fin- en vera im< with sweat, tin- lath r 
name, ! King, is not inapt, and in truth I desire no better. 
But, said 8olomon: Why cotnest thou thin nidel} and 
unhidden to tin- feast, where none *uve the chief workmen ol 
the Temple are invited ? 

And tin- man replied: I'lei. \«., | cniuc rudely because 
the servant obliged me to force my way: but I came not 
unbidden. Was it not proclaimed that the chief workmen of 
the Temple an; invited to dine with tin- King of Israel ! 

Then he who carved the cherubim said: This fellow is 
no sculptor. 

And he who inlaid the roof with pure gold said: Neither 
is he a worker in fine metals. 

And he who raised the walls said: He is not a cutter of 
stone. 

And he who made the roof cried out : He is not canning 
in cedar wood, neither knoweth he the mystery of uniting 
strange pieces of timber together. 

Then said Solomon: What hast th m to say, Son of the 
Forge, why I should not order thee to be plucked by the 
beard, scourged with a scourge, and stoned to death with 
stones I 

When the Son of the Forge heard this, he was in no 
sort dismayed, but advancing to the table, snatched up and 
^wallowed a cup of wine, and said: 



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(>! Kin.LT, live forever! Tin- chief men of the u,.rk. 

ifl Wood and ^uMrlltlil SttlllC li.IV ku'kI that I ah. Hot of 

them, and they have sai.l truly. I lim their tiioWior. Uoi*«»rc 
they lived I was created. I utll their m;i -i <r. mid lh<\ atv 
all my servants. Ami In- turned dim round and -aid hi im- 
chief of the carvers in stone; 

Who made the tools with which you rurvi* ? 

And he said : TllK Hi. VCKsMITIl. 

And he said to the chief of the workers in wood: 

Who ir.adc the tools with which yon hewed (he irees of 
Lebanon, and formed them into pillar.- unci roof for the 
Temple? 

And he said: TllE Blacksmith. 

Then he said to the artificer in gold and ivory: 

Who makes your instruments by which \<>u work beau- 
tiful things for my Lord, the King? 

And he said: TlIB BLACKSMITH. 

Enough, enough, my (food fellow, said Solomon; thou hunt 
proved that I invited thee, and that t hull art all men's father 
in art. Go wash the sweat of the forge from lliy Tier, and 
come and sit at my right hand. Tim chiefs of nn workmen 
are l)tit men. Thou art tunic. 

So it happened at the feasl of Solomon, uml BhiekMiiith* 
have been honored ever siliec. 



THE BLACK SM IT II 



BY CHARLKS (i. LKLAND. 



1 DHKAMKI) I stood l»y u roaring tin 

Xtmr tin' Blacksmith ^riiii) mill -inn. 
Ami watched \Uu sparks ri.-r 1 » i ^r 1 1 « i • uml higher. 

A> il lit up cat-li lirau nv liitili 

l>an,ir. UailJT, lilt* liaUIHUT ran-. 

And drove nut ijiain a spark. 
TIm'V MVIMtl tilt! 1>. \ il'- «»u n IllV-flif* 

As tla-v darted tl»r«»n$rli iln« ilark 

Tin- Smith >trnrk high, the Smith utrtiek low, 

A> <>vcr liis work li»' I'.iit. 
And it' t'wrv U<>\\ had ImmTi <>n a An*. 

A battle had soon Im.-m vp.nt 



Claiiir. rlinir, th<- -'••••l iMll i in- 

In Haiiliiur «*ri iii -« >i i dr«-*'d 
of ail tin ndlinv's I liui I k " ,,u 

I love (he |lla< -k-initir- I"-' 



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King Siegfried <>| old u -a> n Blacksmith hold, 

Allil NVcll III) tin- 1 1 . Mi fOulll p-Miii.l ; 

With his ven lirsi blow In- drove, I'm told. 
Tins anvil into the ground. 

Uound, round, into the ground, 
Ami Ileal liis hummer flat. 

No man alive, but a Blacksmith stout, 
Could strike you a blow like that. 

And Siegfried became a monarch of might, 
So you may clearly Bee, 

If a man would rise in power ami height, 
A Blacksmith he well may be. 
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Smack, smack, with many a crack. 

As he hammera the suade and plough. 
Kor so did Tubal Cain of <>M, 
And he must do ao now. 



TIIK KNfl. 



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